The dawn shall be glad
With the song of birds,
And the stir of fluttering wings;
Surely the joy of life is found
In simple tender things." ~Helen
(From The Friendship Book of Francis Gay 2000
A special gift from Maurice Ware)
20 May 2012
Jenolan Caves
Oberon NSW
Jenolan Caves
Oberon NSW
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~Lou Holtz
"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself." ~Anon
"A bird with complete set of wings never settles on fruits that fall on the ground but rather choose those unspoiled ones on top." ~Lindy Pujante
"A bird’s wings protect its young from predators - covering and camouflaging them until danger has passed. These feathery shields also serve as a shade from the sun and a warm haven from storms." ~Rebecca A. Kibble
"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself." ~Anon
"A bird with complete set of wings never settles on fruits that fall on the ground but rather choose those unspoiled ones on top." ~Lindy Pujante
"A bird’s wings protect its young from predators - covering and camouflaging them until danger has passed. These feathery shields also serve as a shade from the sun and a warm haven from storms." ~Rebecca A. Kibble
“A home without books is like a tree without birds.” ~from Live Learn Library
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds." ~APJ Abdul Kalam
"And it's there (water) that I feel my best. The albatross and the whales they are my brothers" ~George Daniel Anos
"As I come over the hill, I hear the wood thrush singing his evening lay. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thoughts, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It is a medicative draught to my soul. It is an elixir to my eyes and a fountain of youth to all my senses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. It banishes all trivialness. It reinstates me in my dominion, makes me the lord of creation..." ~Henry David Thoreau
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds." ~APJ Abdul Kalam
"And it's there (water) that I feel my best. The albatross and the whales they are my brothers" ~George Daniel Anos
"As I come over the hill, I hear the wood thrush singing his evening lay. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thoughts, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It is a medicative draught to my soul. It is an elixir to my eyes and a fountain of youth to all my senses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. It banishes all trivialness. It reinstates me in my dominion, makes me the lord of creation..." ~Henry David Thoreau
"As I love nature, as I love singing birds, and gleaming stubble, and flowing rivers, and morning and evening, and summer and winter, I love thee, my Friend." ~Henry David Thoreau
“As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.” ~John Muir
"Be a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Be like the bird, who halting his flight on limb too slight feels it gives way beneath him, yet, sings knowing he hath wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain." ~Doug Coupland
"Birds are everywhere in our literature, a part, it seems, of our collective poetic imagination." ~Anon (from Manoj Kumar D Raut, FB, 15 June 2015)
"Be like the bird, who halting his flight on limb too slight feels it gives way beneath him, yet, sings knowing he hath wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain." ~Doug Coupland
"Birds are everywhere in our literature, a part, it seems, of our collective poetic imagination." ~Anon (from Manoj Kumar D Raut, FB, 15 June 2015)
“Birds are the first and the greatest performers.” ~Olivier Messiaen
Photos credit to Nene Mamone
“Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine.” ~Hiral Nagda
"Birds don't fall because of wings, souls don't fall because of love." ~Gede Prama
Sydney Cove Garden
25 November 2012
25 November 2012
"Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy." ~Roger Tory Peterson
Birds
in the wild
are tamed by
nature to be man's
company in their
solitude.
Copyright ©️ Leah C Dancel
29 January 2024
SH-AUSTRALIA
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~ George Eliot
"Dig your fountain where the birds hide from the heat." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"Don't be a Parrot in life, be an Eagle. A parrot talks way too much and can't fly high but an eagle is silent and has the will power to touch the sky." ~by Family Health Freedom Network from Simple Capacity
"Eagles don't flock--you have to find them one at a time." ~H. Ross Perot
“Every bird, every tree, every flower reminds me what a blessing and privilege it is just to be alive.” ~Marty Rubin
"Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.” ~Anon
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." ~Ravindranath Tagore
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." ~Ravindranath Tagore
“For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.” ~Khalil Gibran
"From outwitting predators to raising a family, being fast can boost a bird’s chances of survival." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"From outwitting predators to raising a family, being fast can boost a bird’s chances of survival." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days' golden grains." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." ~J.G. Holland
"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." ~J.G. Holland
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." ~Langston Hughes
"How happy the trees must be, to hear the song of the birds again in their branches! After the silence and leaflessness, to have the birds back once more and to feel them busy at nest-building; how glad to give them the moss and the fibres and the crutch of the boughs to build in." ~Richard Jefferies, 2014/MPW
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth." ~Harun Yahya
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." ~Charlotte Brontë
"I love the sound of the Australian bush, greeting every morning and evening with all kinds of songs. From the smallest to the largest of creatures' - a tune most enjoyed." ~Graham Cartwright on Kookaburra, Blue Mountains
"I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?" The bird responded, 'Love lifts me'." ~Hafiz
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
"How happy the trees must be, to hear the song of the birds again in their branches! After the silence and leaflessness, to have the birds back once more and to feel them busy at nest-building; how glad to give them the moss and the fibres and the crutch of the boughs to build in." ~Richard Jefferies, 2014/MPW
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth." ~Harun Yahya
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." ~Charlotte Brontë
"I love the sound of the Australian bush, greeting every morning and evening with all kinds of songs. From the smallest to the largest of creatures' - a tune most enjoyed." ~Graham Cartwright on Kookaburra, Blue Mountains
"I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?" The bird responded, 'Love lifts me'." ~Hafiz
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” ~Claude Monet
"In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety." ~Aiden Wilson Tozer from Things of Beauty
"It is a joy to be in a sanctuary of peace and birds in the woodland." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 May 2015, Life in the Outback a place called Wonboyn.
“It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly; flight is a beautiful process. But then to rest on the wings of God as He flies: this is divine.” ~C. JoyBell C.
"It is not accidental that native trees are the birds natural food. They love it and so, you are visited frequently and given the quiet joy of watching their antics and interactions with one another. You can quietly admire the wonder of the artistry of their colours and how beautifully each colour blends with one another. One of my favourite birds to admire the colouring of is the brown pigeon. Their brownness ranges through cinnamon, nutmeg, tan, dark brown, russet and every shade of brown you can imagine. And when seen in the sunlight, they are gorgeous." ~Joan Savell on Should you feed birds in your backyard? (FB Starts at 60 Community Page)
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." ~Aesop
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." ~C. S. Lewis
"It was November — the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines." ~L. M. Montgomery
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." ~Chinese Proverb
"Learning bird songs is a great way to improve your experience when you are out birding. It allows you to find more birds than by sight alone." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes for love, joy and celebration. Hummingbirds open our eyes to the wonder of the world and inspire us to open our hearts to loved ones and friends. Like a hummingbird, we aspire to hover and to savor each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning and that laughter is life’s sweetest creation." ~Anon
"Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse.” ~George Bizet
"My favorite weather is bird chirping weather." ~Terri Guillemets
"My heart is like a singing bird." ~Christina Rossetti
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." ~William Blake
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"Once upon a time … there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~Terry Tempest Williams
"Opportunity is a bird that never perches.” ~Claude Maxwell MacDonald
"Owl was coming to understand that the world around him was merely a reflection of the world within." ~Inner Child Healing
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
"Song birds teach us about the healing properties of sound. Robin is associated with the spring equinox, reaffirming the importance of seasonal changes, teaches us to move forward and not to be afraid to try new things,reminds us to ground our bodies and pull up life energies from the earth to nourish our spiritual selves." ~Phylameana lila Desy
"Swans only have one partner for their whole life. If their partner dies they could pass away from broken heart." ~Amazing Things in the World (FB)
"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." ~William Blake
"The bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad." ~Nigerian Proverb
"The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep." ~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The eagle likes to fly high above the world, not to look down on people, but to encourage them to look up.” ~Anon
"The eagle suffers little birds to sing." ~William Shakespeare from "Titus Andronicus"
"Owl was coming to understand that the world around him was merely a reflection of the world within." ~Inner Child Healing
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
"Song birds teach us about the healing properties of sound. Robin is associated with the spring equinox, reaffirming the importance of seasonal changes, teaches us to move forward and not to be afraid to try new things,reminds us to ground our bodies and pull up life energies from the earth to nourish our spiritual selves." ~Phylameana lila Desy
"Swans only have one partner for their whole life. If their partner dies they could pass away from broken heart." ~Amazing Things in the World (FB)
"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." ~William Blake
"The bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad." ~Nigerian Proverb
"The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep." ~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The eagle likes to fly high above the world, not to look down on people, but to encourage them to look up.” ~Anon
"The eagle suffers little birds to sing." ~William Shakespeare from "Titus Andronicus"
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back." ~Henry David Thoreau
“The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape." ~John Burroughs
"The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird, and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"The moment a boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing." ~Eric Berne
"The owl whose night - bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light." ~Khalil Gibran
"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"To me, Nature is a place where you retreat whenever you feel exhausted or sad. I'm more happy when I'm surrounded by the sound of birds than the sound of people." ~Keanu Reeves
"Two birds tied together make four wings that cannot fly." ~Bruce Lee
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~Henry Van Dyke
"The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird, and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"The owl whose night - bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light." ~Khalil Gibran
"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"To me, Nature is a place where you retreat whenever you feel exhausted or sad. I'm more happy when I'm surrounded by the sound of birds than the sound of people." ~Keanu Reeves
"Two birds tied together make four wings that cannot fly." ~Bruce Lee
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~Henry Van Dyke
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OTHERS
"A poet is the most unpoetical thing in existence - because he has no identity. The setting sun will always set me to rights, and if a sparrow come before my window, I take part in its existence and pick up the gravel." ~John Keats
“Ducks are masterfully designed…for both aquatic and terrestrial life.” ~Dave Holderread
"How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!" ~Belva Plain
"It is often difficult to judge how our actions and their impact on the environment are likely to affect others. What is clear is that we are the only species with the power to destroy the earth. Birds and insects have no such power, nor does any other mammal. And yet if we have the capacity to destroy the earth, we also have the capacity to protect it. I believe we have an urgent responsibility to do so." ~Dalai Lama
"Lean forward into your life...catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life." ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"Look for the beauty in each day. See the light...smell the fragrance... listen to the birds sing..." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance." ~John Ruskin
"Until you spread your wings you will have no idea how far you can fly." ~Anon
"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best." ~Bernard Meltzer
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.
~Paul Simon
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"Of all the birds from East to West,
That tuneful are and dear,
I love that farmyard bird the best,
They call him Chanticleer."
~Katherine Hinkson
[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see chant + cler, clear]
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THE WISE OWL
The wise old owl
Sat on an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?
~♥~Anon~♥~
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"Unclouded your mind.
You are not a prisoner.
You are a bird in flight,
Searching the skies for dreams."
~Haruki Murakami
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"When the wild life bird sings
inside your soul at the beginning
of each sunrise, whispering her truths,
where does she tell you to go?
What does she tell you to do?
Follow her guidance.
Your day is a gift to be opened,
an adventure to be unravelled.
~S.C Lourie
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
“When thou seest an eagle,
thou seest a portion of genius;
lift up thy head!”
~William Blake, poet and artist
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"How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!" ~Belva Plain
"It is often difficult to judge how our actions and their impact on the environment are likely to affect others. What is clear is that we are the only species with the power to destroy the earth. Birds and insects have no such power, nor does any other mammal. And yet if we have the capacity to destroy the earth, we also have the capacity to protect it. I believe we have an urgent responsibility to do so." ~Dalai Lama
"Lean forward into your life...catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life." ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"Look for the beauty in each day. See the light...smell the fragrance... listen to the birds sing..." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance." ~John Ruskin
"Trees attract birds. They're one indispensable creatures to promote a balanced ecology." ~Leah C. Dancel, August 6, 2022
"Until you spread your wings you will have no idea how far you can fly." ~Anon
"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best." ~Bernard Meltzer
"Walked for half an hour in the garden. A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn. The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature. The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief. A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys. Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.“ ~Jules Renard
“When a storm is coming all other birds take shelter. The eagle alone, avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life, may your heart soar like an eagle." ~Native American Encyclopedia
"Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.“ ~Jules Renard
“When a storm is coming all other birds take shelter. The eagle alone, avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life, may your heart soar like an eagle." ~Native American Encyclopedia
“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.” ~Mehmet Murat
"You don't need to know the name of the bird to experience awe at its song, wonder at its gliding, and marvel at its nest making. Awe, wonder, and marvelling are 'core curriculum' for the child. Resist the temptation to turn creation into a bunch of 'facts' fit only for pub quizzes." ~Pennie Brownlee
"You have to develop a relationship with the birds, that's the way to do it. If you get to know them, they get to know you and life's pretty good." ~John Kanard, Aussie Postman
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VERSES
"You don't need to know the name of the bird to experience awe at its song, wonder at its gliding, and marvel at its nest making. Awe, wonder, and marvelling are 'core curriculum' for the child. Resist the temptation to turn creation into a bunch of 'facts' fit only for pub quizzes." ~Pennie Brownlee
"You have to develop a relationship with the birds, that's the way to do it. If you get to know them, they get to know you and life's pretty good." ~John Kanard, Aussie Postman
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VERSES
"Floating in meadows a thrill with thy song
Minstrel of melody,
How thou dost touch the heart"
~Lloyd Mifflin
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.
~Paul Simon
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
"Of all the birds from East to West,
That tuneful are and dear,
I love that farmyard bird the best,
They call him Chanticleer."
~Katherine Hinkson
[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see chant + cler, clear]
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
THE WISE OWL
The wise old owl
Sat on an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?
~♥~Anon~♥~
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
"Unclouded your mind.
You are not a prisoner.
You are a bird in flight,
Searching the skies for dreams."
~Haruki Murakami
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
"When the wild life bird sings
inside your soul at the beginning
of each sunrise, whispering her truths,
where does she tell you to go?
What does she tell you to do?
Follow her guidance.
Your day is a gift to be opened,
an adventure to be unravelled.
~S.C Lourie
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
“When thou seest an eagle,
thou seest a portion of genius;
lift up thy head!”
~William Blake, poet and artist
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